DNA

Tasleem hasn’t taken a bath in three weeks, or received his wages for two months. He has been living the life of a destitute at Banappa Park, in the heart of the city, since then. Tasleem, well into his 50s, had left his worldly belongings behind when he fled the Bangalore Turf Club three weeks ago. He is not alone here — there are close to 300 others for whom life has been hell last few weeks. “I can’t possibly return to my native village (in Kishengunj district, Bihar). I have been eking out a...

When a group of parents with differently abled children came together in 2005 to lobby for parks and playgrounds in the city be made accessible to suchchildren, they faced an uphill task. They were not sure if the move would work. But some six years later, the initiative is being lauded by UNICEF as a success story, that can be emulated the world over. The initiative in question is Kilikili, a Bangalore-based trust that was set up to create inclusive neighbourhood play spaces for all children...